Sectional gang-box for push-button switches.



L. W. BOSSERT.

PATBNTED JULY 9, 1907.

SEGTI'ONAL GANG BOX FOR PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES.

' APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1906- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 859,363. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

I L. W. BOSSERT. SEGTIONAL GANG BOX FOR PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR Leon MBasserZ" sired.

'LEON W. BOSSERT, Oli UTIGA, NEW YORK.

sso'rronsr. GANG-BOX FOR PUSH-BUTTON swrcrcnss.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed February '19, 1906. Serial No- 801,830.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, LEON W. Bosssn'r, a citizemof the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sectional Gang-Boxes for Push Button Switches; and do 4 hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, p

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in multi-sectional gang boxes for rotary or push-' button switches, and provides means whereby sections, preferably drawn up from metal, may be assembled together to accommodate varying numbers of switches.

Heretofore it has been the common practice to construct an expensive wood or metallic model for the box and have castings made from such models and it frequently happens that such castings are unsatisfactory, especially where a large number of switches are to be housed in one box, and in a commercial way, boxes-inade in this manner are almost prohibitive owing to the cost of construction. A further objection to the castings made from the models referred to is that the boxes are warped owing to unequal shrinkage'of the iron of which they are composed. By the construction of box made in accordancewith my invention, in which the interchangeable sections are utilized, a box of any desired length to accommodate any number of switches is afforded which are usually necessary in oflice buildix'igs; the sections of which gang box may be securely held together and provided with My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. which, with the letters of referencemarked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a top'plan; view of a two-gang box. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the two sectioro: of the box illustrated in Fig. 2, disassembled. Fig-. 4 is a perspcctive'view of a cover to the two-gang box. Fig. 5 I

is a top plan view of a three-gang box with covrrlaste'ned thereto, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a threegang box. i Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by 1etter,.A and A designate the two sections of a' t wo-gang box, which sections have inwardly turned flanges C at their upper edges, each of which has indentures D at intervals with apertures D in each indenture for the reception of the screws E which pass through apertures in the cover F. thereby forming a secure means for holding the cover to the sections of a box.

a. single or sectional cover as may be de- Referring to Figs. ,2 and 3 of the drawings, it will, be noted thatthe meeting endof the section'A of thr box has an outwardly spread portion H adapted to receive the adj'acent end K of the section A. An aperture H is formed in the bottom of the spread portion H is adapted to receive a lug K projecting from the bottom'of the sectionA adjacent to its meeting end. When the two sections are adjusted together in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the flange at the meeting end of the section A will enter the recesses 11 formed in the adjacent end of the flanges upon the section A, and'the two flanges will be in alinement. The cover shown in Figs. 1 and i of the drawings is provided with a flange F about tin:

central opening therein, and said flange has recesses N therein at 'positionsopposite, as shown clearly" in Figs. 1 and 4, and the bottom of each recess has a threaded aperture to receive a screw 0 to which the switch is adapted to be attached. The ends oi the cover are provided with elongated curved slots Q adjacent to the longitudinal center of the box and are provided to allow the box to be adjusted inperfect alinement. v

While'I have shown the cover as being made of a single piece, it will be understood that the same may be composed of two or more sections, desired, al;

though I have found that boxes made up of series of sections and held together by the overlapping meeting ends in the manner shown and described, will be more rigidly held together by the provision of a cover of a single piece of metal which may bereinforced by extra screws, if desired, in the manner shown in the drawings. 4 I

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings,-l have shown the box as adapted for a gang of three switches in whichla central interchangeable section is provided. It will be noted that by the provisionof the intermediate interchangeable sections, a'box may be built up of any desired length to accommodate a large. number of switches which may. be used in one box either in single,

double, triple or quadruple rows, the sections being provided preferably with temporary plugged outlets which may be readily removed by a sharp blow of a hammer or other tool when it is desired to pass a con-v duit through one of the sections.

i From the foregoing, it will be noted that asectional gang box for rotary or push-button switches is provided having interchangeable sections and affording means whereby boxes of varying lengths may be built up to meet different requirements.

What I claim is: v

1. A gang box adapted for use for-rotary or push-button switches, comprising a plurality of sections, the tops of which are open and each section having a continuous inwardly turned flange, one of said sections having an outwardly flaring :lllglld flange about its bottom and'sldcs adapted to receive the inner end of the other section, witlr theupper surfaces of the bottoms of {11 0 box flush, upentured indentures formed in the flaugcs'aiyut Uie upper marginal edges of the socii us, and a closure adHDtEd to be fastened to the flanges of' ine sections, whereby the same may he held together, us set forth.

2. A. gang; box adapted for use for rotary or push-button swil 'ues, comprisinga plurality of sections, the tops of which are own kind each section having a continuous in wnrdly turned, flange, one of said sections having an out Wnrdly flaring angled flange about its bottom and sides.

adapted to receive the inner end of the other section, with the upper surfaces of the bottoms of the box flush, apertured indentures formed in the flanges about the upper marginal edges of the sections, a lug projeoting from the boit'om of one of the sections and adapted to engage an aperture in the flange upon tlie bottom of the other sec- Lion, and a closure designed to-be fastened to said continuous flanges of the sections, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' LEON W.'B()SSI 1RT. Witnesses M. .T. IIORN,

Gun. M. Smmucu. 

